Choosing Stunning Jewellery For Your Fairytale Destination Wedding
Once you have selected your wedding castle, wedding dress then you need to select your wedding jewellery.
They key to your choice of wedding jewellery is really “the dress”! It will set the tone and you need to choose a complimentary style of jewellery.
It is important not to go overboard. If every piece of jewellery you wear is stunning, then they will all fight for attention and in the process divert attention away from you – the bride!
Balance is the key –
Buy for the Future
Your wedding is a good opportunity to invest in jewellery that can be worn again in the future on special occasions, even special pieces that may increase in value or become family heirlooms.
Pearls, gold, diamonds and other precious stones are expensive but timeless and if carefully chosen can be thought of not an expense but an investment !
Stick to Your Own Style
If your normal style is funky and modern, you are not going to feel particularly comfortable on your wedding day with conservative jewels.
Don’t feel forced to wear anything that clashes with your personality and your personal style. This advice bodes well for hairstyles and make-up too. You want to be able to recognise yourself in your wedding photos.
That said, I am not convinced that tongue and nose studs are a particularly good look for a bride!
If you are going for a theme at your wedding like baroque for a wedding castle keep your jewellery style sympathetic to this style – Whether it be design or colour.
Introduce Colour
While traditionally bridal jewellery is pearl or diamond, silver or gold, there is nothing at all to stop you from introducing more drama by choosing jewellery with some colour. Pearls look great at a wedding castle
It is particularly effective to subtly pick up the colours of your bridesmaids
A gentle taupe introduces soft colour. Shades like this work great with cream coloured wedding dresses or dresses with an antique style.
Sapphire or blue colours will perfectly pick up the colour of blue bridesmaids dresses, or of the bride’s eyes. Have the men wear a buttonhole with a blue flower.
Pink and peach shades are pretty and feminine and good with similar coloured flowers. With more casual jewellery these tones work very well at a beach wedding.
Red is the bridal colour in China, but for most of us seems quite a brave colour for a bride to wear at her wedding, but if kept as a subtle accent can work brilliantly – especially with a red rose bouquet.
You need to consider your wedding dress and the hair style that you want to go with it before you can think about your wedding jewellery. Think about your venue too. An up do and heavy jewels would look silly on a beach.
Another consideration is to buy well made jewellery as you will want it to be passed down to your daughter and hopefully your grand-daughter as a family heirloom. Costume jewellery even though it is fabulous does not quite cut the mustard i.e. satisfy this requirement.
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